North Korea Says It Carried Out Cruise Missile Test Ahead of Trump’s Visit to South Korea

The U.S. adversary said the missile was fired into its western waters.

This photo provided by North Korean regime shows what it says a test of a sea-to-surface cruise missile at an undisclosed place in North Korea, on Oct. 28, 2025. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP

North Korea announced Tuesday that it had test-fired sea-to-surface cruise missiles ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trip to South Korea.

The China-backed U.S. adversary said the missile was fired into its western waters. North Korea’s state-controlled Korean Central News Agency described the test as a success, saying that the weapons would contribute to expanding the operational sphere of the regime’s nuclear-armed military.